{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-048","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-048","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-05-29","effective_on":"1980-05-29","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MOUNTAIN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY: DIRECT ITS EXCAVATION CONTRACTORS AS WELL AS ITS COMPANY CREWS NOT TO BEGIN EXCAVATION OPERATIONS UNTIL UNDERGROUND FACILITIES HAVE BEEN MARKED PROPERLY, AND WHEN FACILITIES ARE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES, TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE OWNER SO THAT INSPECTION, REPAIR, OR OTHER EMERGENCY ACTIONS CAN BE INITIATED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-048.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-048.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-048","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-048","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-048.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MOUNTAIN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY: DIRECT ITS EXCAVATION CONTRACTORS AS WELL AS ITS COMPANY CREWS NOT TO BEGIN EXCAVATION OPERATIONS UNTIL UNDERGROUND FACILITIES HAVE BEEN MARKED PROPERLY, AND WHEN FACILITIES ARE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES, TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE OWNER SO THAT INSPECTION, REPAIR, OR OTHER EMERGENCY ACTIONS CAN BE INITIATED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-05-29\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-05-29\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-03-28\n\nSynopsis: ON JULY 25, 1979, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED A DUPLEX APARTMENT HOUSE AT 2301 BRIDGE BOULEVARD, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED, AND TWO PERSONS WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR BURNS; ADJACENT HOUSES WERE DAMAGED.\n\nNtsbnumber: FTW79FP011\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Mountain Bell Telephone Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-03-28\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-11-23\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: MOUNTAIN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY LETTER: THE MOUNTAIN BELL COMPANY PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES THOROUGHLY COVER THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE, AND IT WAS THE FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE PRACTICES THAT RESULTED IN THE EXPLOSION AND FOR WHICH THE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE DISMISSED.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-04-07\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: MOUNTAIN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY LETTER: IN RESPONSE TO YOUR LETTER DATED MARCH 28, 1982, ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING ITEMS P-80-48 AND 49, I HAVE ATTACHED SELECTED PAGES OF OUR BELL SYSTEM PRACTICES AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS THAT ALL CONTRACTORS PERFORMING WORK FOR MOUNTAIN BELL MUST SIGN. THE BELL SYSTEM PRACTICES APPLY TO BOTH OUR OWN EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS ANYONE PERFORMING CONRACT WORK FOR USE AND THEY ARE STRICTLY ENFORCED.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-03-28\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2298}